Britain to host critical UN climate crisis summit at end of 2020
by Damian Carrington Environment editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#4HEJ1)
Gathering aimed at keeping global heating close to 1.5C will be most significant since Paris
The UK is to host a critical global summit on the climate crisis at the end of 2020, at which the world's 190 nations must commit to deep cuts in emissions.
It will be the most significant UN climate summit since the Paris deal was struck in 2015, when countries made pledges to curb emissions. But these pledges would only keep global heating to a 3C rise, which would bring devastating heatwaves and extreme weather.
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